October 2019 Monthly Running Challenge
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I'm joining the 100-mile goal club. Thanks for setting us up @Elise4270!9
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I'm in for 150 miles this month,
I have two races for sure, the TC 10 mile on Sunday and the Loopet Loppet 12 Hour Trail Race the Sunday after that. My goal is to beat my last year's distance of 42 miles.
I've decided to skip all the races the day before the Loopet Loppet. I had signed up for the half marathon before I knew that they changed the weekend of the Loppet. A half would be too much the day before and I'm not about to pay the additional $22 fee to switch to the 5k.
There's a 50/50 chance I'll register for for a 50k in South Dakota the last Saturday of the month.17 -
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Hello, October!
Met my Sept goal, plus some so I will say 90 for this month. Maybe 100!
I have a 10k coming up and am contemplating a 10 miler at the end of the month. Undecided on that one.
Today is rest day, so starting October with a run will be good!
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@eleanorhawkins - I was thinking of the spreadsheet too and seeing if anyone else wanted to run. Do you recall if we posted it in the Strava group and/or on FB?
I think I have the original but the updated version is in Google Docs...
I didn't sign up originally because I couldn't open Google docs due to restrictions on my work computer. I would like to participate to honor @MobyCarp though.5 -
I just looked. I am accidentally close to 2019 miles in 2019. It was not a goal when I started the year, but might as well make it one now...
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I would like my goal to be 80-90 but not sure if that is even realistic yet. So I'm going to say 40-50 miles.13
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Last month for my training plan before my first HM (early Nov)! Plan calls for 70 miles. And I have a 10 mile race in a couple of weeks. Now, about that fall weather...14
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October Goal: 220km
01/10: 10.43
Total KM run: 10.43
I managed to get myself out of bed this morning and out on the streets by 5:15am. My lamp died about 3km into my run. I knew the battery was running low last week but I got myself completely mixed up with daylight savings. I thought on my last dark run 'oh it's daylight savings next week so I won't need my lamp anymore' completely forgetting that it's actually darker in the mornings when daylight savings begins!
Luckily I run in fairly well lit areas so I don't need it to actually see for the most part, but I like to have the light to shine towards cars and cyclists to help them see me more easily. Lamp is now on charge for tomorrow!16 -
Monthly question
What is your approach to the upcoming holidays and abundance of food? How will it affect or effect your training or goals?
How old are you? Not chronologically. Is there an age where you knew who you wanted to be and have found that you’ve held tight to it, or perhaps comeback to it years later? What things have always interested you?
Blah blah ——Why’s my hips hurt and yours don’t? Why my mama gotta squish me crooked and yours gave you a condo with a large pool? (I’m tired... just stalling for the next question from the ether to appear)....
You know it’s Rosh Hashanah? L’ Shana Tova. Now forgive me if I’ve offended or been unsupportive of you this year. Y’all know I do love you and wish you a blessed year and riches.
Well, someone other than me has the question I can’t seem to grasp. Out with it.10 -
Monthly question
What is your approach to the upcoming holidays and abundance of food? How will it affect or effect your training or goals?
How old are you? Not chronologically. Is there an age where you knew who you wanted to be and have found that you’ve held tight to it, or perhaps comeback to it years later? What things have always interested you?
Blah blah ——Why’s my hips hurt and yours don’t? Why my mama gotta squish me crooked and yours gave you a condo with a large pool? (I’m tired... just stalling for the next question from the ether to appear)....
You know it’s Rosh Hashanah? L’ Shana Tova. Now forgive me if I’ve offended or been unsupportive of you this year. Y’all know I do love you and wish you a blessed year and riches.
Well, someone other than me has the question I can’t seem to grasp. Out with it.
For the big meals...Thanksgiving and Christmas, I'm going to plan a loooooong run to account for each to account for the calories rather than not be a glutton. Leading up to the meals, I'm going to try to avoid the carby stuff. Maybe cook more veggies. I rarely cook Christmas cookies so that's usually not a problem. I guess I do make Swiss Bratzli's though, and they're a cookie. But they're so thin there can't be any calories, right?
I'm a big fail for Halloween. I bought the big-*kitten* Costco deluxe bag of fun-sized chocolate bars. I've already made a sizable dent in it.
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Monthly question
Well, someone other than me has the question I can’t seem to grasp. Out with it.
Here's a question...
What one sport or physical activity have you always wanted to try but haven't yet? Why haven't you tried?
So many options, but the one that comes to my mind right now is yoga. I think that'd really be a good, life-long activity to add to the mix. The reason I haven't yet is lack of time, of course (if I had more time I'd run more...) and cost. I've looked at yoga classes and what I've found is not cheap.4 -
Yes! I really want to find a karate class... maybe kickboxing or taekwondo. Why haven’t I? Well, recently it is because I’m gimpy. But because I’ve been gimpy, I’m ready to try things I’ve only thought about doing. I’d like to find an adult soccer team, but... i kinda suck and don’t want the team to suffer. But if I find one...
I guess I never did it before because it wasn’t a priority, I never made time to pursue it. I likely just took it for granted that I’d be able too “later”.2 -
Holiday food question
Like @7lenny7 I will do long runs the day before/after the holiday, because I will not hold back from the joy of eating holiday meals. They just come around once a year after all
Other sport I've always wanted to try
I have always thought I wanted to go snow skiing, but never have. I used to be a really good water skier, back when I knew someone with a boat. But the cost of snow skiing has always hindered me, plus now that I have Raynaud's, I should probably avoid the bitter cold if I have a choice5 -
What is your approach to the upcoming holidays and abundance of food? How will it affect or effect your training or goals?
I do a Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving and I don't go crazy with food. Christmas I usually do a workout (run or weights, depends what is called for). I do tend to eat more because we do brunch with my family and a late lunch/early dinner with DH's family. I don't worry about it and just try to have fun. Because one day isn't going to mess up everything.
How old are you? Not chronologically. Is there an age where you knew who you wanted to be and have found that you’ve held tight to it, or perhaps comeback to it years later? What things have always interested you?
This is hard for me. I've recently had an epiphany of sorts about me, my childhood etc and realized I'm only part me. Part of me is nothing. So I've been thinking about who I am and who I want to be lately. Cryptic huh? LOL If you want to know, send me a message. I just don't want to put it out so publically.
What one sport or physical activity have you always wanted to try but haven't yet? Why haven't you tried?
Right now I'd like to try stand up paddle boarding. I recently started kayaking and love it so I figure SUP is next. LOL
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@RunsOnEspresso no worries. The monthly questions are almost always inspired by something I am wrestling with, absolutely not meant to lean on anyone. I really hate answering my own question.... I don’t usually have a concise answer.
What is your approach to the upcoming holidays and abundance of food? How will it affect or effect your training or goals?
Easy. No training. All the pie.
How old are you? Not chronologically. Is there an age where you knew who you wanted to be and have found that you’ve held tight to it, or perhaps comeback to it years later? What things have always interested you?
I am 8. I don’t know if it’s maturity or a midlife crisis or some sort of unfinished unresolved era in my life but I find I desire to be the person I wanted to be when I was 8-10. It is also when my parents divorced and so much awareness of cruel and unfair and predatory behaviors were harkened into my world. I may just want to go back to a time life was “normal”, and I was on a “normal” path. Many of you know I’ve taken up the violin, that continues. I want a pair of boots. I had a pair as a 7/8 yo and loved walking on the heels, making noise. I wondered if I walked like that due to the birth defects of my hips or maybe just kidness. I played soccer, I wanna play again. I remember on laundry day, outside of the laundry mat next door was a karate class. I wanted to join. No dice. Today I found myself listening to opera, and some classical music. I think I like the opera better. I like that music. I want to ask dh to take me to a musical, or play, or something like that. When I was 9,10 in orchestra, we took a field trip to see the ft worth symphony. I wanted to play professionally. I find it curious that my 7-10 yo self is still with me.
Dh would probably claim it’s trauma, my emotional growth was impacted... maybe so. But he wanted a grey kitten like he had when he was young, when his dad was alive and they were happy. It might not be that unusual for me to regress into the things I first found a passion for. Maybe I’m just at a place where I can hear the voice of me and not kids, work, bills, stress, stress and stress.
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It's too early to think about the holidays and I'm too tired for self-reflection right now, so I'll just answer the question about sports. Like @Scott6255 I have been thinking about trying downhill skiing. I think I went one time in high school, in Iowa where there are no mountains, and it didn't go well. I tried cross-country a couple of years ago but haven't dared to go for downhill. But a friend has almost convinced me to give it a shot this year. I would definitely take professional lessons.
I'm determined to do more rock climbing too and maybe expand to outdoor climbing and not just the climbing gym.6 -
What is your approach to the upcoming holidays and abundance of food? How will it affect or effect your training or goals?
I run a lot. Also, as it's summer here over Christmas, in some ways it's easier not to over eat because it's just too hot and there are always delicious salad and fresh fruit options. When it comes to the sherry trifle, however, I have a bit of a weakness, but it's one pudding on one day (and maybe breakfast on Boxing Day) so how much damage can it do?
How old are you? Not chronologically. Is there an age where you knew who you wanted to be and have found that you’ve held tight to it, or perhaps comeback to it years later?
It's interesting reading the responses so far. Yes, there's something about the innocence of childhood before things got tough, however, as sweet as those memories are, there were tough times there too but but you forget them. I had a rough time in my 20s with the illness and deaths of my mother and younger brother and as a result have blanked out a huge chunk of time. I'd like to relive my 20s and remember them, just without all the sadness. My 30s were fabulous - I had a stunning career, my own house, travelled loads, great friends - but I remember being sad at times as I was single for most of it and had awful first date after awful first date and thought I'd be alone forever and that every single man over 30 had issues. Now I'm in my 40s life is great, except for the endless laundry, and the first signs of menopause and the rest. I guess what I'm getting at is that each stage of your life has both good and bad, and it's easy to focus on one part without remembering the whole. In my head, I guess my perfect age is about 30 - young enough, old enough, plenty of energy, plenty of wisdom, plenty of time, plenty of cash...
What one sport or physical activity have you always wanted to try but haven't yet? Why haven't you tried?
I'm with @Elise4270, I want to try SUP. It became a thing just as I had babies and the two don't mix. However, plans have been made, but we're just waiting for the weather/water to warm up. And @Scott6255 has prompted me to think about skiing again - I haven't skied in years and am itching to get back up the mountain before I forget/get too old. Also, synchronised swimming looks like it would be a hoot...7
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